Chapter 34

I stood up, grabbed my bag and went to work. As I walked in to the building, I decided to take the elevator as the perfect plan I had before I ran in to Shawn and aborted the plan. But today in the hopes of not running into Shawn, I head for the elevator and as I hopped no one was there. So I gladly jumped aboard. As I was going up I started praying ‘Please stop, please stop, please stop…’ over and over again in hopes of the elevator breaking down as it usually does and for me to make that as an excuse for me not to attend the meeting we had today. But by some holy miracle the elevator didn’t stop. Instead it spit me right on my floor. Isn’t this just great? Where is the despicable elevator always when you need it? 
I walked towards our office with almost every one looking at me like they had never seen me before. I kept my head down until I made it to my desk. Oliver walked in a couple of seconds later.
“Why is everyone staring at me?” I asked him as soon as he walked in. Oliver turned around to see in fact that there were a lot of people looking through the glass door like our office was a museum.
“Oh, that.” Oliver sighed before he walked over to his desk “People heard about what happened between you and the boss.”
“What do you mean?” I leaned forward on my desk as I waited for him to continue.
“Everyone heard about you and the boss breaking up. I don’t know how they found out but it has been a pretty big news. How did you guys break up anyway? I’m really curious cause there have been some guess’ flying around the office.”!
seriously, how the hell did they found out about Shawn and I breaking up? I turned away from Oliver just to see Shawn pass by our office without even giving me a glance and I can see all the eyes following him then looking towards our office.
I quickly turned away from the eyes and powered up my computer to start work.
Shawn.
I just want to go to him. I just want him to pull me into his embrace and tell me that everything is nothing more than a stupid nightmare. But, I know he won’t come back. I know he won’t be here to tell me that it will all be okay. So, instead of listening to my heart, I ignored that little voice that told me to go to him and started my work.
In an hour or two, I will have to go to the conference room for the meeting and my nerves were getting the best of me. I looked over to Oliver to see that he was on the phone with someone so, I quietly walked out of the office. 
Ignoring all the eyes that were following me, I made my way towards stairway and climbed the stairs up to the roof top. When I finally arrived at the rooftop, I was huffing and puffing and regretting my choice but as soon as the cold air slapped me in the face, I felt more calm.
It will be fine Princi. You will be okay.
I kept telling myself that over and over again. But I don’t believe it. Shawn, he was the best part of me and my selfish desires for a stable work made me lose him. He broke up with me for me and I love him even more.
It now that I truly regret not fighting him that night. I should have held on to him. I should have told him that work doesn’t matter as much as he does. I should have told him that I love him instead of getting in his car and driving away.
Maybe, I still have a chance of fixing things…maybe if I go and talk to him…maybe…
Too many maybes are not going to solve my problem. I took a deep breathe and walked back to my office and got ready for the meeting. 
Oliver gave me a single pat on my shoulder before he walked ahead of me to the meeting. Collecting the papers I needed, I followed him from behind. After I took my seat next to Oliver, I stole a glance at Shawn but he was focused on his paper. He flicked his gaze from one page to the next in a light speed before starting the meeting.
He listened through the updates and gave the necessary instruction, he finally looked over to me. But his gaze immediately dismissed me as he quickly looked over to Oliver. Instead of speaking to the both of us, he gave all the work to Oliver and instructed him to share the work load with his partner, AKA me.
In the end, I was the only person in that meeting that wasn’t even acknowledge and I had to swallow past the giant lump in my throat to keep a straight face. When Shawn dismissed us, I didn’t wait a second longer to stand from my seat and walk away.
“Jesus Christ, that was intense.” Oliver commented as he followed me to our office. As soon as I got in, I dropped myself on my chair with a loud sigh and closed my eyes.
There is absolutely no maybes. I can’t do that when the soul purpose was for me to have a stable job. But, it still hurts. I couldn’t help the pain that was slicing through my heart.
“What happened, exactly?” asked Oliver and I looked over to him before shaking my head. 
“It doesn’t matter. What matters is that I can now work without having people point their fingers at me or without being scared that my accomplishments will be misunderstood…” I trailed off and Oliver nodded his head.
Just as we were about to get back to work, one of the people I truly don’t want to see walked in. Lucy Chaw.
She glanced at Oliver before looking at me.
“so, is it true? Did you really dump the boss for a more powerful man?” she asked and I couldn’t help but roll my eyes as she continued “I heard it might be Edward but some are saying it’s Ron King. Which ever one is it?” Lucy batted her eyelids as she waited for me to continue.
I pressed my lips in a thin line as I stared at her up and down.
“you do realize I can report you for harassing me during work, right?” I asked as I painted the most indifferent look on my face.
Lucy howled out a laugh as she held her stomach. “you…report me for harassment? Oh, honey…” she pretended like she wiped a tear from the corner or her eyes before she returned her focus back to me. “It seems you still don’t understand how this goes. Do you honestly think that anyone would listen to you after how you stained your reputation?”
“my reputation was only stain by those who had nothing better to do than interest their lives with unholy gossips.” I retorted “I can walk out of this room and report you. Then we will have to see if your stupid rumors will get in the way.”
Lucy stopped laughing and walked over to me with evil written all over her face. She placed both of her palms flat on my desk and leaned in as if to Intimidate me.
“I dare you.” She said in a low voice and I briefly glanced over to Oliver before I returned my gaze back to her.
“watch me!”
I pushed myself off my seat and walked out of the office without looking back even when Lucy Chaw yelled “I call bluff.” after me.
I didn’t even try to stop myself as I marched straight to the elevator-no time to climb those steps again- and pressed the number that would take me to HR. As soon as I made it out of the elevator safely -thank God- I rushed over to the office of Human Resources and walked in without even speaking to the secretary first.
Mrs. Collins -the head of HR- looked up from her desk and I walked over to her and stood right in front of her with my arms crossed over my chest.
“Miss Jona, anything I can help you with?” she asked without even confronting ne for barging into her office without knocking.
“yes. I would like to file a complaint.” I commented and Mrs. Collins nodded her head before asking me to sit down. But I shook my head.
“I just want to file my complaints, Mrs. Collins. Lucy chaw has been harassing me during work and has been preventing me from doing my job effectively. She has sabotaged multiple projects and has been spreading rumors about our top investor who might I add, might pull their investments if they hear any of this. So please, I am begging you to put a stop to this."